The Empire of Verconia is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Emperor Vercon with an iron fist, and remarkable for its smutty television, sprawling nuclear power plants, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.421 billion Verconians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Veltcona. The average income tax rate is 93.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Verconian economy, worth a remarkable 1,542 trillion vercoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 284,609 vercoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Emperor Vercon has more friends than ever before, the saying 'break a leg' is now taken literally, sending sick politicians "Get Well Soon" cards is considered bribery, and the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Verconia's national animal is the Falcon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Machina Deus.

Verconia is ranked 122,685^th in the world and 2,099^th in The East Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,024.56 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.